Roanoke Rapids Welcomes Visiting Guests For September 27 1940
Roanoke Rapids celebrates a full day of events for Company B including a barbecue, parade, armory ground dedication, and softball games. County friends from Halifax and Northampton join. residents praise visitors as friendly and simple, hoping they return.
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Company B
Company B Mess Fund
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
Northampton County
North Carolina
North Carolinas Press Association
Carroll Wilson
Broughton Visits Roanoke Rapids Attend Armory Dedication
J. M. Broughton and his wife were warmly welcomed in Roanoke Rapids for a day marked by a high school assembly, a barber shop stop, meals with locals, a parade, and the armory dedication. He greeted Company B and toured mills, flood scenes, and a softball game, earning cheers from citizens.
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Mrs. Broughton
Roanoke Rapids
Mr. Broughton
Don’t Play Politics With Water in Roanoke Rapids and Weldon
A public appeal criticizes local water management after flooding. The piece accuses officials of failing to address ongoing shortages that endanger jobs and basic service, questions why the filter plant was not expanded earlier, and urges citizens to investigate causes behind repeated water crises.
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Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Water and war warnings in an American city appeal
A civic appeal argues for preparing for emergencies and maintaining water supply during floods. It condemns water politics, urges citizens to vote for Roosevelt and Broughton, and stresses contacting leaders to support defense against Germany Italy Japan, recalling a Munich-era warning.
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Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Japan
U. 8
England
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Ultimatum
MR. and Mrs. Broughton
J. M. Broughton
National Guard
Armory
Jare
America
United States
Broughston
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